Car-fender



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- C. P. ANDERSON.

. OAR FENDERL N0b 517,638. y Patented'Apr. 3, 1894.

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UNITED j STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CARL P. ANDERSON, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

' CAR-FENDER.

SPEGIFIIOATION'forming part of Letters Patent No. 517,638, dated April 3, 1894.

' Application filed November 25, 1893- Serial No. (N 11105610 To all whom it may concern: Be it known that I, CARL. P. ANDERSON, of Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and side elevation of the front portion of a street carprovided with myimproved fender, broken lines indicating its inclined adjustment. Fig. 2 shows a front elevation of the car. Fig. 3

. shows a longitudinal section with the parts in normal adjustment. Fig. 4 shows a similar view with the fender in its tilted adjustment.

Fig. 5 shows a plan view'of' the fender with extending portions of the hangers, said rails comprising horizontally and vertically extending members. The fender is composed of a frame supporting suitable intersticing b at the front, and also supporting trundle rollers 1) adapted for contact with the road bed.

- The side arms b of the fender frame are composed of angle metal and engage the angle rails a and are confined laterally and vertically thereby, while supported from downward movement by the hangers a. The fender is designed to normally occupy a substantially horizontal position, both when projected in front of the car and when retracted beneath the same, and in the construction here shown is lsupported in such horizontal positionby means of lugs 12 on the inner sides of forward hanger when the fender is projected. At suitable points in front of the said lugs 12 inclined guide pieces or lugs b are fastened on the inner sides of the angle arms and are designed to engage the under side of the front hanger under a rearward movement of the fender, such as might be imparted thereto fender to be tilted downward. When the front end of the fender is thus tilted downward the vertical portions of the angle arms 12 are received in the pendent loops at of the front hanger, and the horizontal portions of said angle sides rest upon the front hanger. With the fender projected as shown in Fig. 3, upon encountering an obstacle, as a persons body, said fender will be moved rearwardly and the lugs b will be carried from over the front hanger, so that the front of the fender may drop.

In order to insure the downward movement leaving the front hanger, and also to provide against accidental displacement ofthe fender from its different positions, I arrange a novel form of spring, 0, which consists of a piece of flat resilient metal rigidly secured at one end to a cross-bar c of the fender and doubled back so as to extend over the rear hanger and under the front hanger. When the hanger is in the forward. projected position shown in Fig. 3, a curve 0 in the spring 0 is directly in front of the front hanger, and immediately upon a rearward movement of the fender the engagement of the said curve ofthe spring with the under side of the front hanger causes the spring to exert a downward influence on the fender. The spring is preferably formed with a lip c which, by engaging the front hanger, limits the forward movement of the fender. It will be observed that the curve at the front end of the spring not only serves the purpose already mentioned, but also presents a yielding obstruction to rearward movementof the fender, which prevents accidental displacement of the same. A second curve 0 in the spring, by engagement with the rear hanger when the fender is retracted,

of the fender immediately uponthe lugs b the angle-arms 19 which lugs rest upon the upon encountering an obstruction, and by such engagement causethe front end of the gaging saidslide-way and capable of limited presents a yielding obstruction to a forward movement of the fender. It will thus be seen that the spring guards against undue looseness of the parts.

In order to guard against the fender being pushed straight back upon encountering an obstacle, instead of assumingthe desirable inclined adjustment, the following provision is made: A rock-shaft d is journaled on the front of the forward hanger and has projections d which, when the handle of the rockshaft is turned downward, come against the side arms of the fender frame with the latter in its normal projected adjustment and hold the fender down where its inclined lugs 12 extend in a plane below the upper side of the forward hanger, and hence are bound to come in contact with said hanger under rearward movement of the fender and could not pass over the same, as they would have to do in a movement of the fender to its retracted inoperative position. The lugs Z) on the fender are preferably constructed so as to assist the fender in re-assuming its normal position upon the latter being moved forward. When the fender is to be retracted to its inoperativeposition underneath the car, the handle of the rock-shaft cl is turned upward and the projections (1' thus thrown out of operative position so that the fender may be raised sufficiently to carry the lugs 11 over the forward hanger.

Itwill be seen that my invention provides a simple and efficient carfender, which, upon encountering an obstacle, will assume a position which avoids the possibility of the car running over said obstacle, thus danger to life and limb incident to rapid transit in street railwaytraiiic is in a large measure nullified. A lever e, on the car and under control of the driver, may be employed to throw the fender down upon the track, said lever engaging an opening in the spring 0, so that upon its upper end being moved forward its lower end will push the fender back.

It is evident that the construction here shown may be variously modified without departing from the spirit and scope of this invention Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patout, is

,1 The combination of a substantially hori- Zontal slide-way on the car and a fender engaging saidslide-way and capable of limited vertical play and having guides which tiltits forward end downward under a rearward movement of the fender in the slide-way.

2., The combination of a substantially horizont'al slide-way on the ear, and a fender enti l play, and having parts Whose e11- gagement with the slide-way maintains the fender substantially horizontal in its project- .ed. and retracted adjustment, and guides which tilt the forward end of the fender downward under a rearward movement of the latter.

3. The combination of a substantially horizontal slide-way on the car, a fender engaging said slide-way and capable of limited vertical play, and having parts whose engagement with the slide-way maintains the fender substantially horizontal in its projected and retracted adjustment, and guides which tilt the forward end of the fender downward under a rearward movement of the latter, and a spring exerting a downward pressure on the fender.

4. The combination of a substantially horizontal slide-way on the car, and a fender engaging said slide-way and capable of limited vertical play and havingparts whose engagement with the slide-way maintains the fender substantially horizontal in its projected and retracted adjustment, and inclined guides adapted to engage the under side of the slide way under a rearward movementof the fender and tilt the front end of the latterdownward. j

5. The combination ,or fender-supporting hangers on the car, and afender adapted to slide longitudinally in said hangers and capable of limited vertical play, and having lugs whose engagement with the latter maintains the fender substantially horizontal at certain points in its longitudinal adjustment, and also provided with inclined lugs for engagement with the under side of the front hanger and which tilt the front end of the fender downward under rearward movement of the fender.

6. The combination of fender-supporting hangers on the car, a fender adapted to slide longitudinally in saidhangers and capable of limited vertical play, and having lugs whose engagement with the latter maintains th e fender substantially horizontal at certain points in its longitudinal adjustment, and also provided with inclined lugs for engagement with the under side of the fronthanger and which tilt the front end of the fender downward under rearward movement of the fender, and a spring carried by the fender and byengagement with the front hangerexerting a downward influence on the fender.

7. The combination of fender-supporting hangers on the car, angle rails connecting said hangers, a fender longitudinally inovable in said hangers and having angle side bars engagingthe said angle rails, and lugs whose engagement with thehan'gers maintains the fender substantially horizontal at certain points in its longitudinaladjustment, said fender alsohaving inclined lugs adapted to engage the under side of theffront h'anger under rearward movement ot the fen'der and thereby tilt the front end of tl1efenderjdownward, horizontallyextending portions ofsides of the fenderresting on the front hanger in the tilted adjustment of the fender.

8. The combination of fender-supporting hangers on the car, a fender adapted to slide longitudinally in said hangers and capable of limited vertical play and having lugs whose engagement with the latter maintains thefender substantially horizontal at certain points in its longitudinal adjustment, and also provided with inclined lugs for engagement with the under side of the front hanger and which tilt the front end of the fender downwardunder rearward movement of the tender, and a movable key which holds the fender in posi-t tion for engagement of its inclined lugs with the under side of the forward hanger.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification, in the presence of 15 two subscribing witnesses, this 20th day of November, A. D. 1893.

oARL P. ANDERSON;

Witnesses: I .A. D. HARRISON,

F. PARKER DAVIS. 

